Human Rights Committee

A/RES/68/240View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69a Implementation of human rights instruments, published in 2014.

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Human Rights Monitoring Treaty-Monitoring Bodies Written Communications

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Expresses its appreciation for the efforts made so far by the Human Rights Committee to improve the efficiency of its working methods, including with a view to further harmonizing the working methods of the treaty bodies, and urges the Committee to continue its activities in this regard;

Authorizes, without prejudice to the intergovernmental process of the General Assembly on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system, the addition of one week of meeting time for the Committee in 2014, including an adequate level of Secretariat resources, as a temporary measure, in order to address the backlog of communications under the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2 awaiting consideration.

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